Soccer / Football · The Guardian

FA Cup roundup: Seventh-tier Wimborne shock Crawley to reach second round

Published by The Guardian on November 8, 2026 at 12:41 PM ET

Grimsby and Stockport survive scares Exeter upset League One leaders Huddersfield Seventh-tier Wimborne heaped more misery on Crawley as the bottom side in the Football League lost 2-0 in the biggest upset of the FA Cup first round. The Dorset part-timers took the lead after only nine minutes when the property surveyor Yang Seung-woo curled a superb strike from just inside the penalty area into the top corner. Continue reading...

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